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Joseph C. Young, M.D., FACS

Principal hospital base:
Allegheny General Hospital

Current professional and academic appointments (Include starting date):

1978 - Present:   Attending Surgeon, Allegheny General Hospital
1992 - Present:   Associate Professor of Surgery, Drexel University College of Medicine, (formerly MCP Hahnemann University)
1995 - Present:   Director, Division of General Surgery, Allegheny General Hospital

Undergraduate medical education (including dates and degrees):

1971:   M.D., St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MI

Postgraduate medical education (including dates of internships, residencies, fellowships, etc.):

1971 - 1972:   Straight Surgical Internship, University of Pittsburgh Health Center Hospitals, Pittsburgh, PA
1972 - 1977:   General surgery Residency, University of Pittsburgh Health Center Hospitals, Pittsburgh, PA
1974 (October - December):   Research Fellowship, Endoscopy and Colonoscopy, Milwaukee County General Hospital, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
1977 - 1978:   Chief Administrative Resident, University of Pittsburgh Health Center Hospitals, Pittsburgh, PA

Recent publications and presentations:

National/regional presentations

Rural Medicine Conference Lecture, University of Pittsburgh, Scaife Hall, Pittsburgh, PA, July 2001.

International Trauma Symposium, Panel Discussion, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, May 2001.

Annual ATS Meeting Lecture, "Agricultural Injuries", Hershey, PA, March 2001.

EMMCO West Symposium, "Farm Injuries", Sharon, PA, March 2000.

9th Annual Vascular Conference, "Advances in Diagnosis of Treatment of LE Arterial Diseases", Clarion-Royce Hotel, Pittsburgh, PA, October 1999.

AORN Lecture, "Agricultural Injuries", Erie, PA, May 1999.

Trauma Tactics, "Rural Injuries: Prevention and Intervention", Orlando, FL, April 1998.

Trauma Tactics, "Animal Induced Injuries", Orlando, FL, April 1998.

Penn State Farm Safety Seminar, "Rural Trauma", Uniontown, PA, April 1998.

EMS Conference, "Farm Injury", Seven Springs, Champion, PA, March 1998.

Other presentations

"2003 Status of Angio Access", Surgical Grand Rounds, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, March 2003

"Lymphatic and Venous Disorders: Is There a Role for Surgeons?", Surgical Grand Rounds, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, April 2002.

"Fluids and Electrolytes", Basic Science Lecture, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, April 2002.

"Minimally Invasive Surgery", Lecture, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA March 2001.

"Laparoscopic General Surgery", Surgical Resident Lecture, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, February, 2001.

"Agricultural Injuries", Lecture, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, December 2000.

"DVT", Grand Rounds Presenter, Health South Harmarville, Harmarville, PA, September 2000.

ATLS Reverification Ultrasound Lecture, Allegheny General Hosptial, Pittsburgh, PA, July 2000.

"PVD", Somerset Hospital Grand Rounds, Somerset, PA, February 2000.

"Intro to Ultrasonography in Emergency Medicine", Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, October 1999.

"Rural Trauma", Grand Rounds, Allegheny General Hospital, September 1999.



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